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. 2011 Mar 2;11:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-57

Table 2.

Testing if four Lhr orthologs have hybrid male lethal activity

F1 Progeny Class Number of progeny
UAS transgene in D. melanogaster mother a Phenotype Genotype D. mel control cross b D. sim Lhr1 cross c
P{UAS-mel\Lhr::Yfp}1 Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
278 134
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 148 107
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 143 141

Total 569 n.s. 382***
P{UAS-mel\Lhr::Yfp}2 Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
221 334
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 93 8
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 102 314

Total 416 n.s. 656***
P{UAS-mel\Lhr::Yfp}3 Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
282 74
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 162 2
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 175 82

Total 619 n.s. 158***
Φ {UAS-sim\Lhr::Yfp} Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
139 117
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 72 39
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 77 107

Total 288 n.s. 223***
Φ {UAS-yak\Lhr::Yfp} Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
83 346
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 37 55
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 45 396

Total 165 n.s. 797***
Φ {UAS-vir\Lhr::Yfp} Red-eyed male UAS/+; GAL4/+
and
158 164
+/+; GAL4/+
Orange-eyed male UAS/+; +/+ 76 114
White-eyed male +/+; +/+ 86 112

Total 320 n.s. 390 n.s.

a - Females heterozygous for the indicated UAS transgene and for P{Act5C-GAL4}17bFO1 were crossed to either D. melanogaster w1118/Y (control cross) or to D. simulans Lhr1 males. For the first two sets of crosses the females were of genotype w/w; UAS/+; GAL4/+; for the remaining crosses the females were of genotype w/w; UAS +/GAL4 +.

b - For the control crosses the ratios of red eye: orange eye: white eye progeny were tested for deviation from a 2:1:1 ratio using a chi-square test. n.s. = p > 0.05

c - The ratios of red eye: orange eye: white eye for hybrid crosses were compared to control crosses using a 3 × 2 contingency table and chi-square test. *** = p < 1 × 10-3; n.s. = p > 0.05, 2 degrees of freedom.